HC Deb 18 November 1987 vol 122 c595W
42. Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will hold urgent talks with the Irish Government on the evidence that Irish nationals are obtaining arms for the Irish Republican Army from Libya, disclosed by the recent capture of the coaster Eksund off France, and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Mellor

We are naturally in close touch with the Irish and French authorities through normal channels. This incident demonstrates the importance of interna-tional co-operation against terrorism.

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